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Where to find Great Blue Heron in February
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in February. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	146	157	93.0%	87.9%
2			Apex Community Park	3.7	186	219	84.9%	79.6%
3			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	107	128	83.6%	76.2%
4			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	128	155	82.6%	75.8%
5			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	84	102	82.4%	73.8%
6			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	451	583	77.4%	73.8%
7			Shelley Lake	8.1	146	184	79.3%	72.9%
8			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	81	101	80.2%	71.4%
9			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	120	155	77.4%	70.2%
10			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	138	180	76.7%	70.0%
11			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	216	287	75.3%	70.0%
12			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	54	67	80.6%	69.6%
13			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	154	207	74.4%	68.0%
14			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	140	191	73.3%	66.6%
15			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	78	104	75.0%	65.9%
16			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
17			Bond Park	2.7	128	187	68.4%	61.5%
18			Lake Benson	11.9	114	166	68.7%	61.3%
19			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	35	47	74.5%	60.5%
20			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	51	73	69.9%	58.6%
21			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	318	512	62.1%	57.8%
22			Lake Raleigh	6.0	132	214	61.7%	55.0%
23			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	47	76	61.8%	50.6%
24			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	312	574	54.4%	50.3%
25			Lake Betz	7.3	201	364	55.2%	50.1%
26			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	18	27	66.7%	47.8%
27			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
28			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
29			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	68	129	52.7%	44.1%
30			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
31			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
32			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
33			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
34			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
35			Lake Wheeler	8.2	27	51	52.9%	39.5%
36			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	18	32	56.2%	39.3%
37			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	41	84	48.8%	38.4%
38			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
39			Lake Lynn	7.7	84	189	44.4%	37.5%
40			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
41			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	50	112	44.6%	35.8%
42			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	49	110	44.5%	35.6%
43			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
44			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
45			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
46			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
47			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	50	118	42.4%	33.8%
48			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
49			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
50			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
51			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
52			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
53			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
54			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
55			Beaver Marsh	16.7	121	355	34.1%	29.3%
56			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	133	398	33.4%	29.0%
57			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	28	73	38.4%	28.1%
58			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	76	235	32.3%	26.7%
60			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
61			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
62			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
63			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
64			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
65			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
66			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
67			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	12	32	37.5%	22.9%
69			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	22	67	32.8%	22.8%
70			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	16	47	34.0%	22.2%
71			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
72			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	68	253	26.9%	21.8%
73			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
74			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	22	73	30.1%	20.8%
75			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
76			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
77			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
78			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
79			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
80			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
81			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
82			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
83			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
84			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
85			Forgotten Pond	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
86			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
87			American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
88			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
89			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
91			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
92			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
93			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
94			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
95			Schenck Forest	3.6	84	372	22.6%	18.6%
96			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	27	104	26.0%	18.5%
97			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
98			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
99			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
100			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	17	65	26.2%	17.0%
101			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
102			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
103			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	22	95	23.2%	15.8%
104			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	11	41	26.8%	15.7%
105			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
106			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	17	71	23.9%	15.5%
107			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
108			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
109			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
110			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	14	59	23.7%	14.7%
111			Town Lake Park	23.4	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
112			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
113			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	119	717	16.6%	14.1%
114			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	25	125	20.0%	13.9%
115			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
116			Eden Lakes	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
117			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
118			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
119			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
120			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	12	67	17.9%	10.6%
121			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
122			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
123			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
124			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
125			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
126			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
127			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
128			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	8	44	18.2%	9.5%
129			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
130			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
131			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
132			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
133			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
134			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
135			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
138			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)	15.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
144			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
145			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
146			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
147			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
148			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
149			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
150			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	19	146	13.0%	8.5%
151			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
152			Falls Lake	15.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
153			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
154			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
155			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	7	43	16.3%	8.1%
156			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
157			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
158			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	10	74	13.5%	7.5%
159			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
160			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
161			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
162			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
163			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
164			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
165			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
166			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	12	112	10.7%	6.2%
167			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
168			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
169			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
170			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
171			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
172			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
173			Lyon Park	15.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
174			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
175			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	9	84	10.7%	5.7%
176			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
177			White Deer Park	11.6	6	58	10.3%	4.8%
178			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
179			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
180			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
181			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
182			American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
183			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
184			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
185			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
186			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
187			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
188			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
189			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
190			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
191			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	6	72	8.3%	3.9%
192			Wendell Park	22.6	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
193			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
194			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
195			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
196			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
197			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
198			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
199			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	4	60	6.7%	2.6%
200			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
201			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
202			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
203			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
204			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
205			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
206			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
207			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
208			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
209			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	6	147	4.1%	1.9%
210			Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
211			stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)	14.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
212			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	3	59	5.1%	1.7%
213			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	14	500	2.8%	1.7%
214			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
215			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
216			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
217			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
218			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
219			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
220			17 Acre Woods	18.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
221			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
222			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
223			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
224			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
225			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
226			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
227			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
228			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
229			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
230			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
231			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
232			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
233			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
234			Ritter Park	4.3	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
235			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
236			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
237			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
238			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
239			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
240			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
241			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	78	1.3%	0.2%
242			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	98	1.0%	0.2%